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🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Abad Down Brancaster Pyramid in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) pyramid attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Alignment-Brancaster Ancient City in Ancash, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Late Chalcolithic to Neo-Hittite (5000 BCE–700 BCE; palace phase 3400–3000 BCE; Neo-Hittite 1200–712 BCE) · Late Chalcolithic / Kura-Araxes / Hittite / Neo-Hittite
Tell city type site for emergence of state and palace economy (3400–3000 BCE): Late Chalcolithic palace (Room A 900) with wall paintings, storerooms with mass-produced bowls, sword hoard (earliest…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Palaeolithic–Mesolithic (50000–6000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Creswell Crags in Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire, Creswell, United Kingdom is a major Palaeolithic to Holocene cave and fissure system renowned for stratified deposits spanning over 40,000 years.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Chalcolithic to EJ III (4500–2100 BCE; peak LC sprawl 3800 BCE) · LC northern Mesopotamian → Uruk → Ninevite 5
LC sprawl 4000 BCE battle town 3500 BCE — sling-bullet warfare horizon (Gibson).
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Hydraulic works
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Hydraulic System at Earthwork Keld Stone in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) hydraulic attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Mesolithic (8000 BCE) · Vindhya Mesolithic
Kunjhun Rock Art — Vindhya in Uttar Pradesh, Vindhya range, India is a Mesolithic (8000 BCE) rock art attributed to Vindhya Mesolithic culture.
🇸🇿 Eswatini · Archaeological wonder
Middle Stone Age to Iron Age (43,000 BCE–400 CE) · MSA/MSA modern humans
Ngwenya (Lion Cavern) is the world's oldest mine, hematite and specularite 43,000 BCE Middle Stone Age open-cast pit 25 m deep with radiocarbon mining tools and 43 ka charcoal, extracting red ochre…
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Classical to Hellenistic (600 BCE–67 BCE) · Cretan–Hellenistic
Phalasarna Submerged Harbour — West Crete in Crete, Chania, Greece is a Classical to Hellenistic (600 BCE–67 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Cretan–Hellenistic.
🇨🇦 Canada · Geoglyph
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Qasr Mara Ley Geoglyph in British Columbia, Canada is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Necropolis
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Quay Qala Ben Necropolis in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) necropolis attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Row Seaton Earthwork in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Submerged site
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Submerged Harbour of Hope Port in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) submerged city attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇫🇷 France · Submerged site
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Sunken City off Fen in Occitanie, France is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Takht Abbey Well Archaeological Complex in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇩 Moldova · Ancient village
Chalcolithic (3800–3500 BCE, Cucuteni B) · Cucuteni-Trypillia
Terraced settlement on the Reut river, Cucuteni B / Trypillia BII (c.3800–3500 BCE), ca. 8 ha with dense house clusters and flint workshops. Excavated by T. Passek 1950s and V.
🇭🇺 Hungary · Ancient city
Carolingian–Great Moravian (839–907, Pribina–Kocel) · Pannonian Slavic / Carolingian
Island fortress capital of the Pannonian Slavic principality (Mosapurc–Blatnograd) built by exiled Nitra prince Pribina as Frankish vassal 839 and his son Kocel on Lake Balaton islet, with three…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Archaeological wonder
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Ancient City of Bala Cairn in Somerset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Moche (100–800 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Moche culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze Age (c.3000–2300 BCE) with Phrygian/Classical caps · Northwestern Anatolian EBA → Phrygian
Stratified Early Bronze Age mound (300 × 200 m, 12 m high) on the Porsuk upper Sakarya, excavated by Manfred Korfmann 19...
🇨🇦 Canada · Megalith
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Dolmen de Sanctuary in British Columbia, Canada is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Earthwork
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Earthworks of Luma in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) earthwork attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic 550–850 CE · Maya (Río Bec–Chenes–Central Petén blend)
Secondary plaza 600 m from hieroglyphic stairway: 15 m pyramid with Wak alliance altar, marsh causeway.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Roman (Hadrianic–Late Antique, 126–430 CE) · Roman
Gemellae (Mlili) is the pivot of the Fossatum Africae Saharan limes, a Hadrianic legionary vexillation fort 200×190 m with rounded corners and double ditch, guarding the Seguia–Oued Djedi passage.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Maya Late to Terminal Classic 600–1000 CE · Maya (Cehpech–Sotuta transitional / Itzá frontier)
Ditched enclosure frontier city, 600–1000 CE, Petén corridor.
